Written questions

385 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiology: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to reduce the number of clinical (a) radiologists and (b) oncologists who leave the workforce below the age of 50.

5 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiology: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the workforce census reports by the Royal College of Radiologists, published on 5 June 2025, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of trends

5 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to help support (a) integrated care boards and (b) cancer alliances to develop (i) local and (ii) regional long-term workforce plans.

5 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiology: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to increase the number of radiologists.

5 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Learning Disability: Wiltshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) improve the academic outcomes of students with learning difficulties in Wiltshire.

5 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

GCSE: Dyslexia

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of allocating marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar in non-English GCSE subjects on students with dyslexia.

5 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Universities: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the publication entitled Skills England: Sector evidence on the growth and skills offer, published in June 2025, what steps her Department is taking to ensure vocational pathways are presented

5 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Small Businesses: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve support for SMEs to take on apprentices.

5 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department provides to GPs to help improve the (a) early recognition and (b) management of ME in (i) Wiltshire and (ii) areas in Wiltshire with limited specialist services.

5 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS services for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Thames Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the level of risk of insolvency to Thames Water following the withdrawal of KKR; and whether he has made an estimate of the potential cost to the p

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Thames Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans his Department has in place following the collapse of the proposed equity injection into Thames Water by KKR.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the interim findings of the Independent Review of the Regulation of the Water Industry in England, publish

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers: Wiltshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is considering for improving the ecological health of (a) the River Avon, (b) its tributaries and (c) other rivers in Wiltshire, in the context of the Independent Water C

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the report entitled Independent Water Commission: review of the water sector, published on 3 June 2025,

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Culture: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding is available to support the (a) creative and (b) cultural sectors in (i) Chippenham constituency and (ii) other rural market towns.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Wiltshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of grants for farmers to support (a) sustainable and (b) regenerative agricultural practices in Wiltshire.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support flood resilience in (a) Chippenham and (b) other towns; and whether his Department is taking steps to work with local authorities to develop climate

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Wiltshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the transition of passenger rail services into public ownership on rail provision in Wiltshire.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Wiltshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Department has to involve (a) passengers and (b) rail user groups in Wiltshire in the development of the proposed independent passenger watchdog.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Wiltshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to ensure that local stakeholders in Wiltshire will have a role in shaping the (a) 30-year strategic plan and (b) five-year business plans proposed for Great British Railways.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) Wiltshire and (b) other rural counties are not deprioritised under the new decision-making framework proposed for Great British Railways.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Wiltshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions her Department has had with (a) local authorities and (b) transport groups on the potential implementation of proposed rail reform proposals in Wiltshire.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Great British Railways will be required to take into account the specific needs of (a) Wiltshire and (b) other rural and semi-rural areas when determining (i) future service levels and (ii) timetables.

19 May 2025 · Home Office

Older People: Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking through the criminal justice system to help tackle the abuse of older people.

19 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Wills: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the proposals in Law Commission’s report entitled Modernising Wills Law, published on 15 May 2025.

19 May 2025 · Home Office

Older People: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken with police forces to ensure the accurate collection of data on the abuse of older people; and if she will publish the most recent data held by her Department for Wilts

19 May 2025 · Home Office

Older People: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the abuse of older people in included in the upcoming violence against women and girls strategy.

19 May 2025 · Home Office

Older People: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to commemorate UN World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on 15 June 2025.

19 May 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the regional differences in the potential impact of reductions to the adoption and special guardian support fund; and what steps she is taking to help tackle any

Source: official written-questions record.